Patient Supporter
At diagnosis, match each patient with a supporter who can facilitate patient and family care goal setting and planning.
Profile
I am passionate about: making healthcare more humanistic.
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"Wild Dreamer. Skeptical Empiricist."
Blogging @ www.sensemakingdesign.com (about end-of-life design project). Student @ Wash U. Owner & VP of Strategy @ University Trucking. Market Strategies Intern @ AVIA. Former Intern @ Oxeon Partners.
Research
83pt
Idea
15pt
Evaluation
1pt
Collaboration
42pt
Total
141pt
At diagnosis, match each patient with a supporter who can facilitate patient and family care goal setting and planning.
Child Life Specialists offer pediatric patients' families support starting at diagnosis.
How might we draw inspiration from the sexual revolution to destigmatize open conversation about dying and emphasize patient choice?
Interestingly, hospitals are motivated to incorporate palliative care programs largely because fewer patients die in hospitals as a result. When patients understand their disease trajectory and have a choice, they overwhelmingly choose to die at home. By having meaningful, transparent conversations about patient preferences, hospitals can improve measured outcomes - the incentives for palliative care line up nicely (improving outcomes saves money). The question is, how do we foster more meaningful, open doctor-patient relationships? Thanks!
Improving the physical space for families and clinicians is also really important. You made a great point that the impact on clinicians of seeing their patients only in a medicalized context. That reinforces narrow thinking about the disease as opposed to holistic thinking about the person with the disease. Thanks for the great contribution - definitely expanded my thinking!
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